Court breaks for the day in Beldini corruption trial

Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalAfter continued cross-examination of the government's key witness, the corruption trial of suspended Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini has finished for the day.

Court has broken for the day in the

Leona Beldini federal corruption trial

in Newark.

Beldini,

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy

's campaign treasurer as well as a $66,000-a-year deputy mayor, is accused of taking $20,000 in bribes from a government informant and funneling the illegal contributions into Healy's warchest.

Today was the second day that key government witness

Solomon Dwek

was being cross-examined by defense attorney Brian Neary.

Dwek and Neary had a heated exchange during which Neary tried to show that Dwek had no evidence Beldini had taken the money given to intermediaries.

Dwek countered that more than a dozen public officials he'd approached in the government sting told him they